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Whee Kim takes his talents to Scottsdale, Arizona, for his second career appearance at this week's Waste Management Phoenix Open.

Kim enters the week on the heels of four straight missed cuts. After a pair of early-season top 5s, his form has gone sour. Making his second start at the WM Phoenix Open, Kim will look to replicate or improve upon his 2016 appearance that resulted in a T56. He was T37 at the midpoint of that event before fading slightly over the weekend. Currently ranked 12th on TOUR in strokes gained putting, Kim presents gamers with a high-risk, high-reward option in deeper fantasy formats. Jan 31 - 2:13 PM

First-round leader and World No. 148 Whee Kim spun a 5-under-par 34-32=66 in the final round of the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open to match Alex Cejka and Patrick Cantlay on 9-under 275, and then lost to Cantlay's par with double bogey-6 on the second playing of the par-4 18th in sudden death after an errant tee shot and penalty drop. UPDATE: Kim jumps 34 spots to a career-high 114th in OWGR.

This was Kim's third cash in three appearances, brushing aside a previous-best T49 in 2015. He improves to 4-for-4 on the season with two top 10s, both doubling as top 5s, arriving off solo 4th at THE CJ CUP two weeks ago. It's the 25-year-old's second runner-up finish in 81 career starts, first in extra time, joining a T2 at the 2017 FedEx St. Jude. After kicking off in 65-72-72, the South Korean began T8, five back of 54-hole co-leaders Beau Hossler and J.J. Spaun. Playing out of the third-to-last threesome with Cantlay, he hit nine (of 14) fairways and 14 greens in regulation, posting 2.989 SG: Putting, No. 1 for the week in SGP at 8.635. Kim was blemish-free 6-under thru 17 holes, circling 1, 10, 12, 13, 15 and 16, five from between 11 and 25 feet, before a walk-off bogey-5 in freshening winds. He posted 1.643 putts per GIR with 28 total putts. Sun, Nov 5, 2017 08:35:00 PM

First-round leader and World No. 148 Whee Kim backed up with a 1-over-par 36-36=72 in the third round of the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open, dipping two places to T8 on 4-under 209, five shy of 54-hole co-leaders Beau Hossler and J.J. Spaun.

After opening with 65, the 25-year-old has posted consecutive 72s. He began the third round T6 on 5-under, six back of Spaun. Playing out of the third-to-last threesome, the South Korean was 1-under thru 17 holes, outpacing bogeys at Nos. 4 and 7 with three birdies at 3, 11 and 13 (from 16'9"), but walked off with double bogey-6 after putting his second in the water. On six (of 14) fairways and 10 greens in regulation, he lost 1.931 strokes tee-to-green but gained 2.123 on-the-green, finishing with 28 total putts. Kim saved par three times from between six and 10 feet, including a nice up-and-in at 17 with the winds howling. Sat, Nov 4, 2017 08:44:00 PM

First-round leader and World No. 148 Whee Kim stumbled to a 1-over-par 35-37=72 in the second round of the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open, falling five spots to T6 on 5-under 137, six shy of 36-hole leader J.J. Spaun.

After an opening 65, the 25-year-old led by one over four players. He was blemish-free in R1 but squared three in R2, all failed scrambles, outbalancing two circles at Nos. 5 (from 41'11") and 9 (8'8"). The South Korean found nine (of 14) fairways and 12 greens in regulation, gaining 0.852 strokes approaching-the-green but losing 0.991 around-the-green. He posted 1.833 putts per GIR and -0.147 SG: Putting, needing 31 total putts. Fri, Nov 3, 2017 09:09:00 PM